All-German final down to youth policy: Bundesliga CEO

Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich will be facing off again in the Champions League final at Wembley.

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Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund battle for Champions League title

First time two Bundesliga clubs have contested the final

CEO of Bundesliga says their youth policy has paid off

Each team in top two tiers must have an academy

The unprecedented success of two German teams reaching the final of the Champions League is down to the Bundesliga's investment in young players, the chief executive of the league told CNN Tuesday.

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund battle it out Saturday at Wembley to claim European club football's most prestigious title.

They have broken the stranglehold of the English Premier League and Spain's La Liga in providing the the Champions League winners and Christian Seifert claims the major factor has been a crop of home grown talent in both teams.

"On Saturday we will have 16 or 17 German players on the pitch," he said.

Seifert said that decisions taken by the German federation and the Bundesliga after a poor showing at the European Championships in 2000 paved the way for the current triumphs at both club and international level.